GentBG - why bother to burn STEEM?

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by joviansummer original STEEMIT post: https://steemit.com/blog/@joviansummer/gentbg-why-bother-to-burn-steem GentBG - a new experiment to burn STEEM Hello, this is @joviansummer(witness: @jswit). I'd like to briefly explain why I bothered to start @gentbg experiment. Unlike bitcoin, STEEM has no supply limit. As long as STEEM exists, newly minted STEEM will be added to total supply. If we can't maintain corresponding demand or reduce supply, downward pressure on STEEM price can be a big challenge. @gentbg project is an experiment to reduce STEEM supply by burning. @gentbg will burn liquid author reward and delegate SP reward to @jsup to get amplified upvotes. The main purpose is to create a perpetual STEEM burning loop. I added a bit of fun factor via AI-generated images, to incentivize giving upvotes to @gentbg's posts. If you have some spare voting power, you can contribute to burning STEEM by giving upvotes to @gentbg's posts. Initial run of this experiment wil...

Experimenting with generative AI

by joviansummer
original STEEMIT post: https://steemit.com/blog/@joviansummer/experimenting-with-generative-ai


Hello, this is @joviansummer(witness: @jswit). I may be a stranger to this art community, but hopefully some of you might find this post interesting.

I've been experimenting with generative AI for some time, and it was pretty interesting for me. I didn't use online services. Instead, I directly used open models such as Stable Diffusion and its derivatives combined with UI software such as Forge or ComfyUI.

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The image attached to this post was done by me, with multiple back and forth with AI model, using image-to-image generation.

These are a few things I've found regarding this experiment, but considering that I'm neither artist nor AI expert, it would be better to take them with a grain of salt. Anyway, here they are:

  • Maybe it's just me, but it was really difficult to get what I want exactly with text-to-image generation.

  • AI could generate pretty good images, but there were anomalies sometimes. Especially eyes, fingers, or arms/legs.

  • If I manually draw/paint a draft image and then use AI to revise it, sometimes AI could present brilliant results. If you have specific visual in your mind, you need to draw/paint something so that AI can use it as a reference. Text prompt(text-to-image) was not enough in many cases.

  • Image generation using text prompt only may help artists getting some new ideas/inspirations.

  • You need a powerful GPU for image generation. It's possible to do run image generation AI models with CPU, but it's very slow.

I'm testing an experimental service jsup.GEN to connect Steemit and generative AI. Currently it's limited to text-to-image generation. Maybe I should look into image-to-image generation also.

Personally I don't think AI will replace real artists, at least for now. Instead, AI may help artists speed up their works greatly without compromising visual quality.

Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful day!


@joviansummer's STEEM projects

@jswit witness:
I'm running a STEEM witness node. I'd really appreciate it if you vote for my witness account @jswit. (https://steemitwallet.com/~witnesses)
[ENG] Introducing @jswit witness project

@jsup curation:
[ENG] Introduction to @jsup curation project
[ENG] Using @jsup curation project as an auto-voting agent
[ENG] jsup 2.0 - make your upvote great again

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